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“The scientist is not responsible for the laws of nature. It is his job to find out how these laws operate. It is the scientists job to find the ways in which these laws can serve the human will. Ho...”
“Yes, well, rein it in, Prom King. British people have been successfully repressing our emotions since before your country was even a thing.”
“You can learn English online”
“I attained a triumph so complete that it is now rare to meet an American with marks of small pox on his face... Benefits are valuable according to their duration and extent... but the benign remedy...”
“The American people spend thousands of dollars to propagate the doctrines of the fall of man, the creation of the world out of nothing in six days by a personal God, vicarious atonement, absolution...”
“That's what everyone thinks--they think being a cop is about punishing people for doing wrong. But that's not true. You know it isn't. It's about believing in people, believing in the good. In the ...”
“Between the black box proprietary code, barebones computers we call voting machines and a mass of completely unqualified election officials, our election system is up for grabs to anybody with even...”
“The collaboration between secretaries of state, election officials and the voting system manufacturers on the matter of enforcing this black box proprietary code secrecy with election systems, is n...”
“You think an Air Gap is a defense? Sofacy, Stuxnet, Uroburos, AirHopper, BitWhisperer and ProjectSauronenough said!”
“This is why we apply the LCD Principle or Lowest Common Democracy. In short, this is social interaction based not on the best possible good, but on the least possible offense. Without saying so, th...”
“The problem is, there is no geographical cure. No matter where we (Black American Folk) go, we are still too plugged into this place. Our cousins, grandmothers, aunts, nieces will be in this place....”
“Does it matter how long they were together that night? To lovers, an hour can last a century. But even for lovers, every hour ends.”
“I always, always got to be the last man standing.”
“She would put her nave American optimism toward making herself indispensable to him, and shed win him. Because nave American optimism beat out English cynicism any day.”
“Yet that is considered an excellent school, and I dare say it would be if the benighted lady did not think it necessary to cram her pupils like Thanksgiving turkeys, instead of feeding them in a na...”
“The thesis that DID is merely a North American phenomenon has been refuted in the past decade by research reports based on standardized assessment from diverse countries, such as from The Netherlan...”
“American cities are like badger holes, ringed with trash--all of them--surrounded by piles of wrecked and rusting automobiles, and almost smothered in rubbish. Everything we use comes in boxes, car...”
“Its almost like thats the definition of being American: You love becoming Irish for a day, or becoming Italian Or becoming a Negro for four years.”
“Call me Ishmael. Some years ago--never mind how long precisely--having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see ...”
“I do not say these things for a dollar, or to fill up the time while I wait for a boat;”